Category: design, graphic design, costume design, fashion design

Tilly Losch, Vogue, 1930

Edward Jean Steichen :: Dancer and actress Tilly Losch walking between two big pillars with head tilted to the side and open palms, wearing a costume of her own design for the play ‘Wake up and Dream’. Originally published in Vogue magazine, 1930. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Wake up and Dream, 1929

Sasha [Alexander Stewart] :: «Lethal Losch». Tilly Losch dancing in an extravagant costume in a scene from the show `Wake up and Dream’, 6th April 1929. | source getty images 
Sasha [Alexander Stewart] :: «Tony and Tilly». Tilly Losch and Tony Birkmayr [Toni Birkmeyer] in ‘Wake up and Dream’ at the London Pavilion Theater, April 1929. | source Getty Images

Lo Hesse as Ahnfrau

Franz Xaver Setzer :: Dancer Lo Hesse as ‘Ahnfrau’ (Ancestress) in a costume designed by Walter Schnackenberg, 1924. Photo © Archiv Setzer-Tschiedel | src Getty Images | related post: here

Toboggan Mann von Lavinia Schulz

Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmaske “Toboggan Mann” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmaske “Toboggan Mann” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmasken “Toboggan Frau” und “Toboggan Mann” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)

Tanzmaske “Sie” für Bibo

Minya Diez-Dürhkoop :: Tanzmaske “Sie” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for ‘Bibo’, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Minya Diez-Dürhkoop :: Tanzmaske “Sie” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for ‘Bibo’, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)

Textile design by Sonia Delaunay

Edward J. Steichen :: Tamaris with a large Art Deco scarf. Design by Sonia Delaunay, 1925. From: Edward Steichen and Art Deco Fashion. | src l’oeil de la photographie
Edward J. Steichen :: Tamaris with a large Art Deco scarf. Design by Sonia Delaunay, 1925. | src Edward Steichen and Art Deco Fashion @ l’œil de la photographie

Anita Berber as Bingha

Alexander Binder :: Anita Berber as Bingha, costume designed by Walter Schnackenberg, 1922. Schnackenberg was known as the “Toulouse-Lautrec of Germany”. | src 50 watts 

Lo Hesse in Tschaikiun, 1921

Franz Xaver Setzer :: German dancer Lo Hesse in a Chinese pantomime [Tschaikiun] and wearing a mask, Vienna, 1921. Costume design by Walter Schnackenberg. | src Imagno · Getty Images
Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime ‘Tschaikiun’ II (Lo Hesse), 1920. | src Colletti Gallery
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Atelier Setzer, Wien (1909 – 1939 Atelier) :: Lo Hesse. Rollenpörtrat. Fotopapier auf Karton. | src Theatermuseum Wien
Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime ‘Tschaikiun’ I, print # 3 (Lo Hesse), 1920. | src 1st dibs

Lo Hesse by Hanns Holdt

Hanns Holdt :: German dancer Lo Hesse. German postcard by Verlag Hans Dursthoff, Berlin, nº 1151. Collection Didier Hanson.

«Lo Hesse was active in Munich and Berlin between 1916 and 1920. Her dances relied heavily on extravagantly exotic costumes designed mostly by the German expressionist artist Walter Schnackenberg.»

Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime 'Maskerade' (Lo Hesse), plate # 9, ca. 1920. | src 1st dibs
Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime ‘Maskerade’ (Lo Hesse), plate # 9, ca. 1920. | src 1st dibs